Samzee Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 So yeah, finally got the 500X. Really stoked about it, but I've got a lot ahead of me on my journey to POD HD enlightenment. Though the question I have isn't exclusively related to it.Basically, what I'd like to do live is play with a pre-recorded bass track. Drummer would be listening to a click track, and the bass track would be coming from a laptop into the 500X, and through the XLR out. But how could I separate the bass from the sound of the metronome? The first thought I had was getting some sort of stereo splitter, and panning the bass & click track hard left and right. Bass track would go into the CD/MP3 input, and metronome would go into drummer's headphones obviously. And then I wondered, would it be possible to rout the two tracks to output separately in my DAW? One going 1/8 in. aux out and the other going USB out? That's not something I've done before. The only DAWs I use are Acid Pro and FL Studio, by the way.Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewolf48 Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 The answer is Not Really, or maybe yes.... Assuming that you mean Windows Officially the Windows Drivers only support a single output device at any time - whether over USB or directly connected. Unofficially there are things you can try such as ASIO4ALL and virtual audio cable (http://software.muzychenko.net/eng/vac.htm) that might do the trick. (Google "windows multiple sound cards") I know in another thread the idea of using the software was not recommended by others for good reasons, but I would say that directing playback only to multiple devices is somewhat different from trying to combine inputs and outputs at the same time. Anyway if you want to try it then ASIO4ALL is free and VAC can be demoed for free and it can't hurt, but you might want to have a Restore point so you can revert to the original stable set-up. A more practical and reliable for live use solution might be to get a hardware digital recorder and to simply route the independent outputs as required. PC's on stage somehow are quite fragile and temperamental, while a hardware solution will generally not go wrong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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